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VCARD HACK Filed Aug. 23 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 patented Nov.. I3, i923.

BUG-H IWI. LAWTON, OF BELLEVUE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR TO THE CINCINNATI TIME RECORDER COMPANY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ri CORPORATION 0F OHIO.

CARD RACK.

Application filed April 23, 1921.

T all w hom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, HUGH M. LAWTON, a citizen ot the United States, and resident of Bellevue, in the county of Campbell and `State oKentucky, have invented certain new "and useful Improvements in Card `Racks, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXact description, reference being had to the drawings forming part of this speciiication.

My invention relates to racks designed particularly for containing vthe cards used with time recorders, said cards being known as workmens time cards.

In the racks such as are used at present for this purpose, it is necessary to remove the cards in order to note down the time printed thereon in calculating the pay roll. This takes time and opens a channel for error in placing;r l.the cards which might otherwise be avoided.

It is the object of my invention to provide a rack of suflicient size to contain a oomplete set of cards, in this instance one hundred, in which are hinged trays into which trays the cards are slipped bythe workmen, each tray being a unit which may be swung aside to expose the rear thereof, or which may be exposed at the front by swinging away the overlapping trays. In arranging the amount of overlap, it has been my object to expose only enough of each tray to leave the slot free for inserting the cards therein, and to expose a readily visible numeral to indicate the position of desired slots.

These objects I accomplish by that certain construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more specilically pointed out and claimed, wherein among other` things a compact card arrangement is provided With each individual card readily available for observation without removal.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a 'lront elevation of the rack Seria] No. 463,911.

Figure 6 is a. sect-ion on the line 6-6 of Figa/1l.

The rack as shown has a base 1, and top 2, and sides' 3, said side running rectangularly tor about the width oi' one tray then tapering off so as toequal at their upper ends, the narrow top 2.

Inside of the rack at the right hand side is a triangular filler board 4, and secured to this board and the back of the rack or cabinet is a hinge panel 5, which is shaped trangularly and set at an angle to the sides of the box.

rIhe trays are constructed of two pieces of sheet metal 6, and 7, which have spacers 8, 8, set between them to define card pockets with the vmetal of the two sheets cut away at the sides of the pockets, so formed as indicated at 9, so as to expose both the front and the baclr oi? a card inserted into the pocket.

The inner piece of metal 6 is split and forced out to form depressed portions 10, behind which may be thrust suitable number cards 11 to indicate the numbers of the pockets.

Each one of the trays is provided with its own hinge which comprises the lugs 12, 12, formed at the left hand ends of the trays, the pla-tes 13 secured to the hinge panel and the pintles 14, which are dropped down through suitable holes formed in the lugs and plates.

Since it is desired to overlap the trays as much as possible to constrict the space occupied by the rack, the top tray is mounted on the hinge panel close against the back of the rack or cabinet. The hinge of the next tray is mounted just below the first and slightly forward thereof. The remaining trays are mounted similarly thereby permitting a separate hinge for each and yet mounting the whole number in an overlapping series.

At the front the rack is equipped with a triangular hinged board 15 which has a beveled edge and is closed against the trays when they are all swung within the cabinet. There are also two doors 16, 16, and a fall door 17 at the lower end, all doors being hinged tov the sides of the cabinet. The fall door engages ove-r the lower beveled edge of the hinged board 15 and holds it in place, there being some suitable hook and eye 18 to hold the fall door in raised position. Y Y

With a cabinet so constructed, the bool:-

teeper can get at any one card located in Y a tray pocket by swinging the trays out on card is the accustomed place for time ree' cords: to be stamped, the operator will Y usually swing the tra-ys out and examine the backs thereof in making up his time sheet.

The lower tray is shown in Figure l asv swung aside as for examination ot' the rear portions of cards.

Having t-hus described my invention7 what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a card rack fon, the purpose described, the combination of a cabinet having one side opened by doors,a hinge panel with in said cabinet having a triangular shape tapering upwardly and set at a slant to the sides ot' the cabinet, hinge plates mounted in a series beginning at the top of the hinge panel and thence by step outwardly from the back of the cabinet and downwardly t0- ward the base, card trays hinged to said plates so as to overlap each other in a like series, said card trays being adapted torreceiye cards thrust into the exposed portions thereof free of lap by the trays next below.

Vand a triangular board hingedly mounted one side opened by doors7 a hinge panel Y l within said cabinet having a triangular shape tapering upwardly and set at a slant to the sides of the cabinet7 hinge plates mounted in a series beginning at the top oit the hinge panel and thence by step outwardly from the back of the cabinet and downwardly toward the base7 card trays hinged to said plates so as to overlap eaoh other in a like series, saidoard trays being adapted to receive cards thrust into the exposed portions thereof free ot lap by the trays next below, and triangular board hingedly mounted within the cabinet and adapted to bear against the unhinged edges of the trays to retain them in place in a compact body within the cabinet7 said doors of the cabinet comprising side door members and a fall door hinged to the base of the cabinet and retainable in a position to abut the said triangular board. Y Y Y Y HUGH M. LAWTON.` 

